Weekly Giveaways Through Labor Day!

August 1 marks six months since Funding Attractions was launched and we wanted to do something special to thank our readers. As you may remember from one of Liza’s recent posts, we recently released eight new titles for grantseekers, grant…
Read more ›Carpe Diem: Comment Away!!

As you may have noticed last week, we’ve started to roll out some of the changes we said were coming down the pike. We’ve added a regularly occurring feature, Roundup Reel, to bring you some of the top news stories…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: HUD Proposal Calls for a More In-Depth Needs Assessment

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Public housing agencies would have to consider the health of their facilities over the next two decades under proposed regulations that the Department of Housing and Urban…
Read more ›Wondering Where We’d Be Without All the Distractions

About every guy I know has it happen every so often. He’s discussing important business details with a buddy, mind focused on the key points he intends to make. Then an attractive female walks by, he pauses to glance, and…
Read more ›This Thursday! Audio Conference on New A-133 Compliance Supplement

With this year’s Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement coming out months later than originally anticipated by the Office of Management and Budget*, you may still be scrambling to get up to speed on it. Luckily for you, we can help —…
Read more ›L/SFR Sneak Peek: NEA Program Staff Discuss New Arts In Media Grant Category

(This post is excerpted from an article in the Aug. 1 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) Earlier this year, the National Endowment for the Arts replaced its category of grants for television and radio with a new, broader category that…
Read more ›Got Education Grants? 3 Title I-Derland Posts for Your Backpack

Have you noticed the ads for school supplies starting to appear in the weekend papers? Although it’s a little hard to believe in the midst of the current heat wave, the start of another year is just a few weeks…
Read more ›Roundup Reel: Week of July 18

The debt ceiling debate has been a fast-moving target for the last several weeks, with life seemingly breathed into a different proposal every day as the clock inexorably ticks down. Today marks the deadline the president has identified for the…
Read more ›Keep Your Eye on the (Budget) Ball

As talks over the debt ceiling drag on (despite President Obama’s stated deadline tomorrow and the Treasury Department’s hard deadline two weeks out), it’s important not to lose sight of the unfinished fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills. Many of them…
Read more ›A Six-Pack (of Posts) for a Sweltering Stretch

Oh MAN, is it hot out there — and I ain’t just talking about the debt ceiling slugfest that’s happening just a few blocks away from here. With the heat index expected to top 110 in the DC area over…
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